PEEL - Key Persons

Theresa A. Peel is an experienced attorney practicing Criminal Defense and other general areas of law. Ms.Peel's practice focuses on Ellis County, Texas. Ms. Peel began law school at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2000. She says it is a definite advantage having spent significant time at both law schools. She is a member of the Ellis County Bar Association, Ellis County Criminal Defense Lawyers Associaion, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, State Bar of Texas, and an inactive member of the Nebraska State Bar, Prior to the practice of law, Ms. Peel spent over twenty years in the Information Technology field as a programmer and consultant providing consulting services for Fortune 500 clients in areas of database, mainframe operating systems, client server application and design, and training. Ms. Peel has personally started several small successful businesses and assisted others in their efforts through her entrepreneurial consulting. Ms. Peel graduated from Waxahachie High School at the age of 16. She graduated from Texas Tech University after only three years with a degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology. She has worked in the banking industry for seven years, for IBM for almost 5 years, in construction and remodeling for several years, and owned and operated a successful consulting company in Omaha, Nebraska for over fifteen years. Ms. Peel has been licensed to practice law in Texas since 2000. Ms. Peel has two daughters, and four grandchildren.